The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-24
WOMEN AS DENTISTS.
Fair Practitioners Whose Skill Eases the Pain Of
Tooth-pulling. fg ...,.

Fair Practitioners Whose Skill Eases the Pain Of
Tooth-pulling. .fy. .,4
Six women in Philadelphia have
solved the problem OF earning their
bread and butter in somewhat I'M
usual way. although they have but
followed the example OF 1873 men in
this city alone. DIR. James 4. Garrett
son dean of the Philadelphia Dental
College, says he considers dentistry
the best opening for women he knows
of, but as yet the field is almost unoc-
cupied. Perhaps one reason why there
are so few women dentists is this TACT
that girls do not. as rule, study a
profession until obliged by adversely
to earn their own living, and then
they may not chance to possess the
81 900 necessary to complete college
course. A recent graduate places the
cost OF tuition, books and an outfit
Mt 5000, but this sum does not include
board and other expenses. Besides,
it is not probable that one woman in
q thousand has taste for dentistry
or the talent to fix herself for O pro-
fession to which she must bring q
knowledge ofthe entire hum IN system.
Women are naturally sympathetic
and the majority would suspend OPP
erations to exclaim, "Oh, you poor
thing Pm sorry hurt you!" so fire.
quently that filling tooth would be
u process of time.
In 1869, the first woman graduated
at the Philadelphia College of Dental
Surgery. she was Prussan named
Henrietta Hirschfeld. and she alter
wards became dentist TO the Crown
Princess of Prussia. In 1874 two
more women graduated, and few
years later the Philadelphia Dental
College also opened its doors to wom-
en-. Now both colleges graduate on an
average six women each year. Most
OF these students are Germans, who
generally return to their native land
Most of the Americans 90 West, but
lew have braved the prejudice OF Phila-
delphians and opened Offices in the
heart OF the city, where dentists signs
decor ate every third windowsill. g,o.r
One young student, whose husband
is O clerk with a moderate salary,
gave her experience as follows: ~
found last year that i must help sup
port my family, so l applied to a
friend, who offered me 20 cents an
hour to write in his Office. didn't
do very well the first day. / hired a
woman to take my place at home
and she charged me 81. Then l had
to buy my lunch, and ! ordered ice
cream, cake and a glass of milk, but
the waiter brought me n glass OF
cream, and there | sat and calmly
deank it, thinking 1t was milk all the
while. The bill was 40 cents. Some
thing happened every day. My friend
gave me some business letters to an
swer and had to take of 20 per cent.
discount, and in the evening my hus-
band went over the figures and found
had charged Just twice too much. He
said could write the people and sayl
had decided to take hall. wrote five
letters correcting my errors, and OF
course used my own stamps. i
bought a little book in which to keep
account of the amount / earned, and
found at the end OF the week that il
had just cost me S1.66 TO earn $1.25.
II tried to think OF something else
to do. Icouldn't sew and couldn't
paint and couldn't teach music; SO
at last / took few boarders. ]
rented my parlor to a dentist, and
through him became interested in
dentistry. Finally l entered the col
lege, and expect TO graduate next
spring. shall settle right here in
Philadelphia, and | don't care how
many signs with George or William or
John on them are on thesamesqnare.
The children are the patients I'm alter.
A great burly man will brighten the
child half to death the moment he
opens his mouth. What the little
imps want is coaxing and pettinq. and
they are seldom afraid Of woman.
! shall buy a music box and candy by
the pound. Make money! Why. a.
women dentist ] know OF made TO-
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